122 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
is abundant in lands recently cleared and reverting to forests. 
This is Trema amboinensis of most authors but is not Celtis 
amboinensis Willd.; see Merrill, E. D., An interpretation of 
Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917) 187. Blanco’s de- 
scription typifies Sponia blancoi Planch and Trema_ blaneoi 
Blume. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae 345). 
CELTIS Linnaeus 
CELTIS PHILIPPENSIS Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 197; ed. 2 (1845) 139; ed. 
3, 1 (1877) 249. 
A species of wide distribution in the Philippines, commonly 
known as malaitmo or malaicmo, names also applied to the allied 
Celtis luzonica Warb. 
Illustrative specimen from Rizal Province, Luzon, December, 
1912 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 52). - 
MORACEAE 
MORUS Linnaeus 
MORUS ALBA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 705; ed. 2 (1845) 489; ed. 
3, 3 (1879) 109, t. 206. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
was first introduced into the Philippines, according to Blanco, 
by Father Sedefo in the year 1593, and again in 1780 by Father 
M. Galiana. The species is widely distributed in towns through- 
out the Archipelago, but apparently has become naturalized only 
in northern Luzon, Cagayan Province, etc. It is locally known 
under its Spanish name morera. Our form is Morus rubra Linn. 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bajios, Laguna Province, Lu- 
zon, June, 1914, comm. EF. Quisumbing (Merrill: Species Blanco- 
anae No. 39). 
ALLAEANTHUS Thwaites 
Morus luzonica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 703 (sp. nov.) =Broussonetia luzo- 
niensis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 488 (nom. nov.) ; ed. 3, 3° (1879) 
107, t. 278 =ALLAEANTHUS LUZONICUS (Blanco) F.-Vill. 
_ The species is widely distributed in Luzon at low altitudes 
and is universally known to the Tagalogs as himbabdo. 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bajos, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, comm. F. C. Gates, March, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 468). 
MALAISIA Blanco 
Malaisia tortuosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 789 (gen. et sp. nov.); ed. 3, 3 
(1879) 196=MALAISIA SCANDENS (Lour.) Planch. 
The species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
